Babylon A.D. (PG-13, 90 minutes) It’s the dystopian future. Michelle Yeoh is a nun looking after a young woman who might have a deadly virus, and Vin Diesel is a mercenary looking after himself. Many explosions may change that. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Bangkok Dangerous (R, 110 minutes) Danny and Oxide Pang remake their own 1999 thriller, with a new script by Jason Richman (Swing Vote). A hitman (Nicolas Cage) on a business trip in Thailand—which is to say he’s there to do some serious killin’—somehow starts letting his heart get in the way of his work. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Burn After Reading (R, 95 minutes) In the latest Coen Brothers romp, a CIA agent’s tell-all falls into the hands of folks who want to sell it, but aren’t publishers. Starring George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton and Brad Pitt. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
The Dark Knight (PG-13, 140 minutes) Just as Batman (Christian Bale) makes real headway cleaning up Gotham’s streets, with help from a top cop (Gary Oldman) and an aggressive D.A. (Aaron Eckhart), some joker calling himself the Joker (Heath Ledger) decides to mastermind a terrifying criminal rampage. Out comes the heavy artillery—and the moviegoers who don’t usually bother with this superhero silliness but are morbidly curious about the late Ledger’s final full performance. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
Elegy (R, 113 minutes) A pretty excellent cast (Dennis Hopper, Peter Sarsgaard) rounds out this tale of a college professor (Ben Kingsley) caught in a Lolita-esque relationship with a student (Penelope Cruz). Based on a story by Philip Roth. Playing at Vinegar Hill Theatre
Fly Me to the Moon 3-D (G, 85 minutes) In special 3-D animation, a group of teenaged houseflies (or houseflies the equivalent age of human teenagers, whatever that is) stows away on Apollo 11. Voice talents include Ed Begley Jr., Tim Curry, Kelly Ripa and Christopher Lloyd. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Ghost Town (PG-13, 103 minutes) Ricky Gervais has a near-death experience (or perhaps, with this movie, his career does), leaving him able to see ghosts—like one played by Greg Kinnear who wants help preventing his widow, played by Téa Leoni, from remarrying. Big-ticket screenwriter David Koepp (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) co-writes and directs. Opening Friday
Hamlet 2 Steve Coogan plays out his Shakespearean dreams—not to mention his desire to play God—in this crass and hilarious comedy about a high school drama production. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
The House Bunny (PG-13, 98 minutes) Kicked out of the Playboy Mansion, an aging blonde hottie (Anna Faris) finds work, of sorts, as a sorority house mother–and maybe finds happiness? Well, wondering about this movie’s plot is like reading Playboy for the articles. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Igor (PG, 86 minutes) John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Molly Shannon, Arsenio Hall (yeah, seriously) and others lend their voices to the animated tale of a mad scientist’s laboratory assistant who gets his own share of limelight. Opening Friday
Lakeview Terrace (PG-13, 106 minutes) In director Neil Labute’s thriller, Samuel L. Jackson plays a veteran L.A. cop disapproving of and harassing his nextdoor neighbors, an interracial newlywed couple (Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington). Remember when they remade and race-swapped Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner into Guess Who? This is sort of like that meets Unlawful Entry. Opening Friday
Mamma Mia! (PG-13, 108 minutes) On a cute Greek island where she runs a little hotel, a single mom (Meryl Streep) prepares to give her daughter (Amanda Seyfried) away to marriage. Wedding guests include mom’s former bandmates (Julie Walters and Christine Baranski) and the three men who might be her daughter’s dad (Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgaard). Romantic mayhem and many ABBA songs ensue. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
My Best Friend’s Girl (R, 103 minutes) A romantic comedy with Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, Alec Baldwin, Jason Biggs and Lizzy Caplan, from the director of Pretty in Pink and Grumpier Old Men, Howard Deutch. Opening Friday
Proud American (PG) Sometimes patriotism comes in the smallest packages. Or something like that. Fred Ashman directs this documentary. Opening Friday
Righteous Kill (R, 101 minutes) Just ask yourself: How often do these two movie titans appear together on the screen? That’s Donnie Wahlberg and 50 Cent, of course. Also Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, as veteran New York cops tracking a serial killer. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
Traitor (PG-13, 110 minutes) Steve “Wild and Crazy Guy” Martin penned this film about a former U.S. Special Ops agent (Don Cheadle) suspected of treacherous acts. Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Tropic Thunder (R, 107 minutes) Ben Stiller (co-scripting and directing), Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. portray a group of pampered, quirkily egotistical actors making a megabudget movie about the Vietnam war. Nick Nolte plays the screenwriter who decides to put them in a real war. Boo-yah! Playing at Carmike Cinema 6
Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys (PG-13, 111 minutes) Kathy Bates, Alfrie Woodard, and, go figure, Tyler Perry, star in this tale of scandalous entanglement between two families from different social strata. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (PG-13, 96 minutes) Ah, Woody Allen, how you love to direct Scarlett Johannson! But she’s not to be yours this time around; instead, Javier Bardem makes an offer that ScarJo and another gal can’t refuse. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
The Women (PG-13, 114 minutes) A “Who’s Who of Hollywood Women” show up in this remake of the 1939 film in which Mary Haines (Meg Ryan) leaves her husband and finds solace and affirmation among female friends. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6
